Nobel Peace Prize The Crown Jewel of Peace Understanding the Nobel Peace Prize

Episode one explores the origins and mechanics of the Nobel Peace Prize. Beginning with Alfred Nobel's paradoxical legacy as a dynamite inventor who created a peace prize, the episode reveals how his "merchant of death" obituary spurred this transformation. Listeners discover the three components winners receive—diploma, gold medal, and over one million dollars—and the secretive selection process involving five Norwegian committee members who evaluate hundreds of candidates annually. The episode explains Nobel's three criteria for peace and how they've expanded to include human rights, democracy, and environmental work. Finally, it examines three controversial awards to Henry Kissinger, Yasser Arafat, and Barack Obama, demonstrating that even the world's most prestigious prize reflects the complexities and imperfections of human judgment about what peace truly means.
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